Publication Account

Date 1978

Event ID 1017902

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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MacLellan's Castle is not a castle at all, but is a late sixteenth century fortified townhouse located at the junction of St. Cuthbert Street and Castle Street. Now ruinous, the structure was built in 1581-2 by Sir Thomas MacLellan of Bombie. Constructed in a castellated style 'to express the status and importance of its occupants', the building was erected on a variation of the L-plan with angle turrets, wide-splayed gunloops and a total of four storeys (MacLeod, 1973, 22).

Information from ‘Historic Kirkcudbright: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1978).